Ecology(from Greek: οἶκος, oikos, "house, household, housekeeping, or living relations" ; -λογία, -logia, "study of")
The study of the many interactions
between living things and their physical environment.
or
The study of the interactions between all living things (animals, plants, bacteria, fungi, protozoa) and the physical environment (soil, rock, wind, temperature, soil, sunlight, carbon, nitrogen, water)
Garden Site Selection Rubric
Our class did a survey of all the gardens on campus. We evaluated the following criteria below: 0- doesn't meet criteria and 3- meets criteria The higher number means the garden should grow well and follow the similar standards as other journey north gardens.
Possible planting sites
MS
West
LS
Gym
Finn
US
Journey North
Exposure
(quad)
Good exposure to sun
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
Not in full shade
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
Slope DOES NOT face south
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
Temperature
Air temp matches the average for our town
2
0
2
2
3
2
2
Away from foundation of building (at least 15 ft.)
0
1
1
2
3
1
3
Away from sunny pavement
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
Not in enclosed courtyard
2
0
1
2
1
2
2
Soil
Workable (dig 8’ down with shovel)
3
2
2
2
2
1
3
Well Drained (water does not form a puddle after rain)
2
2
0
2
2
2
3
Other Considerations
Safe from foot traffic and other interference
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
Safe from predators
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
Safe from salt (or other chemical) run-off
2
2
1
1
1
0
2
TOTALS
24
15
16
20
24
21
26
abiotic, biotic, water cycle
Dahmir Ruffin, Andrew Farmer, James Ives
carbon cycle, gym garden, soil
Matt Petersen, Grady Nance, Jackson Spahr
food chain, lower school learning garden, tools in garden
Robert Magnanaro, Mark Gregory, Harrison Fellheimer
food web, middle school garden, garden observations
check the useful links below:
Garden Mosaics
Journey North Tulip Project
Ecology(from Greek: οἶκος, oikos, "house, household, housekeeping, or living relations" ; -λογία, -logia, "study of")
The study of the many interactions
between living things and their physical environment.
orThe study of the interactions between all living things (animals, plants, bacteria, fungi, protozoa) and the physical environment (soil, rock, wind, temperature, soil, sunlight, carbon, nitrogen, water)
Garden Site Selection Rubric
Our class did a survey of all the gardens on campus. We evaluated the following criteria below:
0- doesn't meet criteria and 3- meets criteria
The higher number means the garden should grow well and follow the similar standards as other journey north gardens.
Slope DOES NOT face south
(dig 8’ down with shovel)
(water does not form a puddle after rain)
abiotic, biotic, water cycle
Dahmir Ruffin, Andrew Farmer, James Ives
carbon cycle, gym garden, soil
Matt Petersen, Grady Nance, Jackson Spahr
food chain, lower school learning garden, tools in garden
Robert Magnanaro, Mark Gregory, Harrison Fellheimer
food web, middle school garden, garden observations
Ben Stallworth, Michael Feng, Cameron Hanssens
energy pyramid, west garden, garden predictions
Graham Haabestad, Kevin Cushing, Niklas Golz
bulbs, upper school garden, nitrogen cycle
Luke Egan , Alex Ciardi, Will Merhige